Leerecs
What Artists Think About Music Ownership
Masters, rights, and the meaning of owning your work — independent artists from around the world speak directly.
Ownership as Creative Identity
For the independent artists on Leerecs, ownership is not a legal abstraction — it is the foundation of creative identity. Owning your masters means your recordings cannot be taken from you, licensed without your consent, or buried in a label's catalog after a deal expires.
"I want to tell the people who I am with my music."
For Miguel Moreno, music is self-expression. Ownership means that self-expression remains his — not a label's property.
"When you listen to my music, you enter the planet of Hannah."
Planet X Hannah built an entire musical world as a one-woman band. That world belongs to her — and ownership ensures it stays that way.
"This album is about my whole life and my musical influences."
Fifteen years of musical evolution distilled into a single album — and the artist owns every note of it.
"I always write about human behavior."
Human behavior as subject matter is intimate and personal. Ownership protects that intimacy from being commodified.
What Ownership Means on Leerecs
Every artist on Leerecs retains 100% ownership of their masters and recordings. Leerecs does not require artists to sign away rights in order to list their music. Artists can sell here while simultaneously distributing elsewhere.
For fans, ownership means purchasing a DRM-free file that belongs to them permanently — or a physical cassette, CD, or vinyl record that cannot be remotely deleted. Learn more about music ownership as a platform concept.